What if our checks showed us where our money goes?

Ezra Klein points out that President Obama just signed a defense appropriation bill that spends approximately 7x in one year than healthcare reform will spend per year.  It is published as a smaller number, however, because it is reported over one year and not ten whereas healthcare’s cost is presented as the ten year figure.  Mike Koczal at Rortybomb follows that up by pointing out that people bemoan taxes when they see their paycheck but they also like defense spending; maybe federal taxes should be broken out to show what portion of our income goes to defense spending.  According to him, here is what a $60,000 salary paid biweekly would look like:

What are checks should look like